AI Text Generators

Sources to Stimulate Discussion Among Teachers

Compiled by Anna Mills for the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse as part of a larger resource collection: AI and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry. Licensed CC BY NC 4.0.

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*Experimental: “Chat” with this list by asking a question of the AI in Edu Sources bot via the educational nonprofit PlayLab.ai (see the bot’s prompt)[a]. The bot should recommend and link to the appropriate section of the list as well as recommending three sources that might be relevant. You can also try AI EduGuide (via ChatGPT), or AIinEdu (via Poe.com). Comment here to let us know how it goes!

Contents[b]

Cautions and Disclaimers

About AI Text Generators/Large Language Models

Implications for Higher Ed Writing Assignments

Audio and Video 

Policy Statements about Text Generators

Student Perspectives and Marketing to Students

Assignments That Incorporate Text Generators

Scholarly Writing on AI in Higher Education 

Slides and Handouts That Can Be Adapted with Attribution

Course Materials Available for Adaptation

Copyrighted Articles and Course Materials on AI

Books on AI in General

Publicly Available Language Models

​​How to Prompt Language Models

Detecting AI-Generated Text

Process Tracking Software to Deter AI Misuse

Using Text Generators for Help Preparing Courses and Assessing Students

Creative Writing and AI

Prominent Pieces That May Include Hype Or Inaccuracy

Organizations

Calls for Papers and Proposals

Other Resource Lists

Materials in Spanish

Cautions and Disclaimers

  • This is an open and evolving list put together by a writing teacher who is not an expert in the field, with suggestions from a few other more knowledgeable folks.[1] I hope it can eventually be replaced by a curated list issued by a larger group of writing teachers affiliated with one or more of our professional organizations. Such a group will no doubt be established soon and tasked with providing guidance on AI text generators.
  • Please note that inclusion in this list does not indicate endorsement. Some of these resources include various forms of AI hype or claims that have not been verified. They are provided to give a general sense of the landscape of discourse around the topic.

About AI Text Generators/Large Language Models

See also additional sources, which include earlier articles.

Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative, Carnegie Council, January 24, 2023

Additional sources, including earlier articles

Implications for Higher Education

See also additional sources on implications for higher education, including earlier articles

Teaching of Writing, June 1, 2023

See also additional sources on implications for higher education, including earlier articles

Audio and Video

Policy Statements About Text Generators

Student Perspectives and Marketing to Students

Assignments That Incorporate Text Generators

Reminder: inclusion of links does not indicate endorsement.

Scholarly Writing on AI in Higher Education 

Slides and Handouts That Can Be Adapted with Attribution

Course Materials Available for Adaptation

The course materials below have Creative Commons licenses that allow for adaptation with attribution. See the licenses for details.

Copyrighted Articles and Course Materials on AI

See also Assignments That Incorporate Text Generators

Books on AI in General[i] 

Publicly Available Chatbots/AI Text Generators Based on Large Language Models

Custom Chatbots Focused on AI in Education

Prompting: Strategies for Getting the Most Out of Language Models 

Using Text Generators for Help Preparing Courses and Assessing Students

Detecting AI-Generated Text

Note that the below tools are known to sometimes flag human-written text as AI and AI text as human written.

Citing and Acknowledging AI-Generated Text

Process Tracking Software to Deter AI Misuse

Inclusion on the list below does not indicate endorsement. Privacy and data use should be considered before trying these apps.

Creative Writing and AI, curated by Mike Sharples

Prominent Pieces That May Include Hype Or Inaccuracy

Organizations[m]

Discussion Groups

Calls for Papers and Proposals

See also past calls for submissions

Other Resource Lists

 

Materials in Spanish

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Compiled by Anna Mills for the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse as part of a larger resource collection: AI and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry. Licensed CC BY NC 4.0. Consider donating to make this work sustainable through Patreon or PayPal.


[1] Many thanks to Lauren Goodlad, Sarah Hood, Lee Nickoson, Marc Watkins, Mike Sharples, Perry Share, Gabriel Morrison, Holy Cross Center for Writing, Andrea Olinger, Carol Bailey, Jessica Jorgenson Borchert, Boris Steipe, Teresa Beacom, Tamara Tate, Naomi Aguiar, Nick Jackson, Janette Tilley, John Holland, Jenae Cohen, Heidi McKee, Garreth Heidt, Claire Frances, Giovanni Zimotti, Sean Craig, Esperanza Román Mendoza, Carlos de Aldama Sanchez, Brian Greenough, Kevin Guidry, Miguel Morales, Lyn Steyne, Matthew Winslow, Fiona Harvey, and Skye Ollie and her STEM club for girls for sharing sources.

[a]Let me know if you have feedback or suggestions on the prompt. Thanks!

[b]2 total reactions

Kashmira Dave reacted with 😃 at 2024-07-12 11:00 AM

Ingrid Mateo Mantecón reacted with 👍 at 2024-10-03 09:07 AM

[c]this link appears to be dead

[d]But this updated works: https://matthewcheney.net/blog/there-is-still-no-ethical-use-of-ai/

[e]need a WIRED subscription

[f]True, sigh

[g]2 total reactions

Grace Walter reacted with 😉 at 2024-08-09 19:09 PM

Esperansa Kulyger Ruiz reacted with 😉 at 2025-02-04 02:34 AM

[h]This link is now dead.

[i]Suggest adding "The Skill Code" by Matt Beane

[j]Suggest adding the artificial intelligence assessment scale (AIAS) https://open-publishing.org/journals/index.php/jutlp/article/view/810

[k]not available

[l]Revised and updated version available at https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai-updated-revised/

[m]SEE https://bit.ly/A_Critical_Tech_List